Everyone has different preference about how would the basic component skeleton looks like (ie, with ajax, without, exta functionality .... ). Even if a basic example included with ofbiz distribution, in the future it will grow again with extra unneeded functionality, or it will be an on going discussion about what should go there.
It's much easier to provide a very basic skeleton as a separate download, to serve as an example and a reference. There could be more than one example provided, each showing different capabilities and different techniques. This is better than creating one huge example to show everything, and better than showing only the basics without any additional tips (ie, ajax). Those who are not satisfied with the examples as a skeleton, can maintain their own copy that will make him/her start a component quickly. Examples are not needed to run ofbiz. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Erwan de FERRIERES <erwan.de-ferrie...@nereide.fr> wrote: > Le 20/03/2012 12:47, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : >>> >>> Q) framework/example and framework/exampleext: move to specialpurpose >> >> >> Adrian would like to keep Example in the framework but slim it down a lot >> to the essential (no form widgets examples, no Ajax examples, no content >> examples etc...). Adrian would you please confirm if in your vision the >> "example" application should document the layout of a typical OFBiz >> component only? If yes, we could use the output of the "ant >> create-component" task to document the best practice layout. >> Jacques, Olivier would like to keep also the examples for the various >> higher level features available to OFBiz applications. >> >> I think that from the discussion it could emerge the following solution to >> please everyone: >> >> * keep the "example" component in the framework but slim it down to the >> bare essential >> * move the "exampleext" component to specialpurpose and migrate to it all >> the extra features: this could also be used as a best practice guide on how >> to extend a component from hot-deploy/specialpurpose >> >> I still think that it would be nicer to not bundle the "example" component >> ootb to keep the framework cleaner: the example should be downloaded >> separately (when we will have clear separation between framework and the >> rest); this approach is similar to tomcat and its example applications. But >> I don't have a strong opinion on this. >> >> Jacopo >> >> > create 2 components, one basic with simple CRUD and no ajax or whatever, and > another one with more eye candy stuff (ajax, modal forms, etc...). Both > components should be in specialpurpose/ > I'm not in favor of moving them to extras, as when delivering an official > release there should be a showcase included. And as Adrian said, when > teaching people how to create apps with OFBiz, this could be really useful. > And with JSR-223, there's a lot to add ! > > -- > Erwan de FERRIERES > www.nereide.biz
